Sensor Review: Volume 34 Issue 4

A piezoelectric active sensing method for detection of bolt load loss

Shaopeng Liu, Yourong Li, Tao Wang, Yi Luo

– The purpose of this paper is to propose a bolt loosening detection approach which integrates piezoelectric ceramics with active sensor technology.

Development and commissioning of FBG sensors for impact test of rock fall protective barrier

Yongxing Guo, Dongsheng Zhang, Zude Zhou, Fangdong Zhu, Li Xiong

This paper aims to present an effective sensing detection system based on fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensing technology for protective barriers that have been effectively applied…

A novel remote sensing image retrieval method based on visual salient point features

Xing Wang, Zhenfeng Shao, Xiran Zhou, Jun Liu

This paper aims to present a novel feature design that is able to precisely describe salient objects in images. With the development of space survey, sensor and information…

Flexible biosensor using inkjet printing of silver nanoparticles

Zahra Abadi, Vahid Mottaghitalab, Mansour Bidoki, Ali Benvidi

The purpose of this paper is to present a sophisticated methodology for inkjet printing of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in the range of 80-200 nm on different flexible substrate…

Micro-pressure sensor dynamic performance analysis

Bian Tian, Yulong Zhao, Zhe Niu, Jiang Zhuangde

The purpose of this paper is to report on a piezoresistive pressure sensor for micro-pressure measurement with a cross-beam membrane (CBM) structure. This study analyzes the…

Maximizing lifetime sequences of wireless sensor networks powered by renewable energy

Amjad Abu-Baker, Hong Huang, Satyajayant Misra

The purpose of this paper is to investigate conditional and unconditional lifetime sequence of wireless sensor networks (WSN) that have many important practical applications. A…

A capacitive angular sensor with flexible digitated electrodes

Damir Krklješ, Dragana Vasiljević, Goran Stojanović

This paper aims to present a prototype of a capacitive angular-position sensor which exploits advantages of flexible/printed electronics. The novelty of the sensor is that the…

Improving the performance of electronic nose for wound infection detection using orthogonal signal correction and particle swarm optimization

Jingwei Feng, Fengchun Tian, Pengfei Jia, Qinghua He, Yue Shen, Shu Fan

– The purpose of this paper is to detect wound infection by electronic nose (Enose) and to improve the performance of Enose.

An automatic inspection system for segment-type display module defects

Chern Sheng Lin, Pei-Feng Yang, Chi-Chin Lin, Yuen-Chang Hsu

– This study aimed to developed a defect detection system for a segment-type display module panel.

Estimation of fabric opacity by scanner

Abbas Hajipour, Ali Shams Nateri, Alireza Sadr Momtaz

This study aimed to use a scanner as a low-cost method for measuring the opacity of textile fabric. Textile fabrics must have specific ranges of opacity according to their uses…

Application of self-reciprocity in estimating ultrasonic power with a novel measurement method

Ping Yang, Guangzhen Xing

This article aims to propose a new measurement method for ultrasonic power based on self-reciprocity theorem which turns the estimation of ultrasonic power to the measurement of…

Multi-pass path planning for thick plate by DSAW based on vision sensor

Chengdong Yang, Zhen Ye, Yuxi Chen, Jiyong Zhong, Shanben Chen

This paper aims to solve the problem that the changing of groove size and assembly gap would affect the precision of the multi-pass path planning and the welding quality and…

Electrostatic charge interaction: a case study on tapered PMMA fiber for calcium nitrate detection

M. Batumalay, A. Lokman, H.A. Rahman, S.W. Harun, H. Ahmad

This paper aims to propose and demonstrate a simple fiber optic sensor using a tapered plastic multimode fiber as a probe for measurement of calcium nitrate concentrations in…